David Booth Net Worth

$5,000,000,000

David Booth is an American investment manager and philanthropist with a net worth of $5 billion. He is famous for making the largest ever donation to a business school, giving $300 million to The University of Chicago, where he attended from 1969-1971.

Key facts:

David Booth is the co-founder and CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors, a firm based in Austin, Texas.
Dimensional Fund Advisors, founded by David Booth in 1981, manages over $500 billion in funds.
He made the largest ever donation to a business school, giving $300 million to The University of Chicago.
David Booth attended the University of Chicago from 1969-1971 and today is the namesake for The University of Chicago's Booth Business School.
In addition to his donation to The University of Chicago, he also donated $9 million to build the Booth Family Hall of Athletics at The University of Kansas.